I think it promotes camaraderie and a way to de-stress and unwind.
And, there is plenty of work going on too. We don't have to be driven to working extremes - without that friendship and connection, the workplace is more stressful. Perhaps that is why so many GenZ struggle - because they don't actually know how to make real friends.
De-risking jobs are always hard for most people to understand. They only care when things don't work, not when they do work. It is also hard to sell a product on risk mitigation in many cases, because the "saving" can't be enumerated easily.
Exactly. A lot of times, boring is good for us. When we can focus on our routinary work without any escalations, that is a good day. And yeah, trying to get budget is always difficult. The best way to do get an increase is showing the number of complaints/downtime, which is bad for us, but necessary.